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Gillette Fusion Commercial Voice Over Project YBGrind 81 views Voice over project of Gillette Fusion by Mark Strubler. No Copyright infringement intended. Voice over done by Brandon H. Allen. To contact him for booking for your voice o...
Straight Up Promotional Video Fall 2010 YBGrind 192 views Promotional video for new live R&B/Hip Hop group, Straight Up. Members are Brandon H. Allen, Doneil Curwin, Evan DiGiambattista, Matt Hines, Paul Jefferson, Andy Merrill an...
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (Brandon H. Allen co-arrangement for Sentirenla Lucia) YBGrind 1,910 views This is an arrangement I did along with Sentirenla Lucia (Lead Vocalist) and Jiri Nedoma (Piano) of Alannah Myles' hit song, Black Velvet, at Spring 2010 Singer's Night at ...
The Beatles - Yesterday (Brandon H. Allen and Jiri Nedoma jammin in the studio) YBGrind 289 views Here's a video of me and my friend Jiri Nedoma just messing around while we were waiting on the mics and everything to be set up for a studio session at Berklee. This is wi...
Brandon H. Allen a.k.a. Improvise Intro Video YBGrind 147 views Hello everyone! This is an introductory video into who I am, what I've experienced and who I am as an artist. The first song you hear is my band's (Straight Up: myspace.com...
Busta Rhymes - Touch It (Brandon H. Allen's first live rap performance) YBGrind 1,496 views Hip Hop Ensemble performing a Danielle Scott arrangement of Busta Rhymes' "Touch It". All raps are originally written and freestyled!!! For more music, check out my perso...
Rihannon - Say A Prayer (Brandon H. Allen sings bass for Annette Philip at Berklee 2009) YBGrind 891 views My friend Annette Philip sings Berklee Faculty, Rihannon's "Say A Prayer" for Berklee's 2009 Fall Singer's Showcase featuring me on bass.
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields (Brandon H. Allen's live R&B cover) YBGrind 424 views Berklee's Pop/Rock Live Show featuring Brandon Allen singing Bethany Weber and Alvin Foster's arrangement of the Beatles tune, Strawberry Fields Forever. I seem to keep doi...
Quincy Jones - Moody's Mood For Love (Brandon H. Allen sings bass live at Berklee YBGrind 12,617 views Fabien Aubrey's Vocal Writing Award Winning arrangement of Moody's Mood for Love in the BPC. For more music, check out my personal site at myspace.com/improviseybg and ...
Patrice Rushen - Of Dreams & Other Possibilities Mov't 1: Stars (Brandon H. Allen sings bass) YBGrind 475 views Men's Chorus singing first movement of classical piece at The Art Music of Black Composers recital at the Berklee College of Music directed by R&B Legend Patrice Rushen!!! ...

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R&B, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, A Capella, World Music

myspace.com/improviseybg

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Dec 21, 2011

Date Joined

Feb 15, 2007

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Singer. Songwriter. Beatmaker. Arranger. Voice Personality.

This 24 year old musician is a 7th semester student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston as a Music Business Major. His deep bass voice and unique blend of experience singing R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz, Classical, A Capella and Gospel sets him apart from other singers and allows him to be a more versatile musician. His vision is to encourage people and make this world a better place with positive, constructive messages over contemporary R&B/Jazz/Hip Hop concoctions.

Before Berklee, Brandon performed with the Boys Choir of Harlem, Aretha Franklin, Kathleen Battle, Whitney Houston and Don Irwin. Since coming to Berklee, he's shared the stage with Patrice Rushen (singer of the 80's hit "Forget Me Nots"), John Blackwell (Berklee Alum; Drummer for Prince and Justin Timberlake most notably), Lalah Hathaway, Vox One (renown A Capella group), Joey Blake, and funk bass legend Bootsy Collins. Brandon has put together a Cafe Show with a band performing his original compositions his first semester ('07 Fall), had his own radio show on the BIRN for two semesters ('08 Summer and Fall) playing old and new R&B/Hip Hop music, sung backgrounds for the '07 Fall Singer's Night, '07 Fall R&B Styles Concert, '09 Writing Divisions Concert, '09 Fall Singer's Showcase, lead in the '09 Pop/Rock Live Show as well as singing both lead and backgrounds in the Roots and Prince Tribute Cafe Shows in '08 Spring, 08' Fall and '09 Spring.

As one of the top bass/baritone vocal students who is proficient in sight reading, he is also in demand for a capella projects for Vocal Writing classes and for MP&E projects. Brandon has also been a host for Singer Showcase (08' Fall and '09 Spring) and will be hosting the Spring '10 Singer's Night led by Berklee Voice Faculty member Jeff Ramsey, and is one of the arrangers for one of the songs performed as well. Also this semester, Brandon also been recording a demo with his R&B/Hip Hop band, Straight Up, and will be performing with them in the Boston area starting in March.

Disenchanted with the messages, stereotypes and attitudes advertised in most of today's popular music, Brandon hopes to spark a flame for the positive hip hop/r&b community especially and have a changing impact on the world for the better by bringing back the concept of the "Griot". He wants responsibility from artists and for the consequences of the content in music to no longer be taken for granted. Upon graduation, Brandon will continue his music career in Los Angeles or New York. He hopes to graduate and from Berklee with the skills and connections he's made and begin to change the world one song at a time.

UPCOMING GIGS:

Nov 2 & 4: Singing w/ upcoming Columbian artist, Maria Mulata for Berklee's Latin Culture Celebration (Berklee Performance Center, 8pm; David Friend Recital Hall, 4pm)

Nov 9: Hosting Berklee's Fall 2010 Singer's Night (Berklee Performance Center, 8pm)

Nov 12: Straight Up live at Copperfields (12am)

Nov 16: Singing w/ Vox One for Paul Stiller's Recital (David Friend Recital Hall, 7pm)

Dec 10: Straight Up live at Berklee's Cafe 939 (8pm)

Dec 15: Professional Writing Division Concert (Berklee Performance Center, 8pm)

Feb 24: Singing w/ Bobby McFerrin & The Singing Tribe (Berklee Performance Center, 8pm)

For more examples of Brandon H. Allen's music, please visit jango.com/music/improvise, sonicbids.com/improvise, myspace.com/improviseybg, myspace.com/straightupmuzik and reverbnation.com/improvise.